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f-r- VOL. XII. NO. 6 FOURTH SERIES SALISBIJBY; ITrEDITESDaYJiSIIUARY 26TH, 13 Wxxl H. STEWART, ED. AHD PROP. ' - Iff ' ? SUM Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of , tne sunaay School Course of the Moody ; Bible Institute of Cklcagd.) ' (Copyright 1815. Western Kwspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 30 THE LAME MAN LEAPING. LESSON TEXT Acts 3, ; UOUJEN TEXT Peter said, "Silver 2,d haye 1 none; but what I, have that give I-thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of .Nazareth, walk." Acts 3:6 R. V. The coming of power (chapter 2) ia soon 4ested outside of the circle of believers. It is put to a public test, fa tried as to its efficacy hysically7 L e., has the Holy Spirits power physically as well as over the spirits of men? . - I. The Appeal to Peter and John, w. 1-10. Following. Pentecost the disciples seem to have continued their accus tomed mode of life. (1) The apostles and worshpr (v. ) As yet, and In deed for many years to come, there was no particular separation of Jews and Christians. Praying men like these two leaders, Peter and John, continued to fulfill their temple duties. ,The ninth hour was the prayer hour, the hour of sac rifice (Ex. 29:39, I Kings 18:36. All true approach to God must be on the grounds of sacrifice (John 14:6, Heb. 9:22), and we i must remember that this hour was the one at which Jesus died 'for us, our sacrifice (Heb. 10:19, 29). ..-'-I Emphasize the need and importance of worship and .prayer. ' (2)' The afflicted one (v. 2). This man had beeji there' often and made his usual appeal; his expectation was limited to material aid (v. 5) ; he may oihe may not have been familiar with Christ and his teachings, but some thing unusual was about to happen be . cause the two to whom he appealed really knew God and on them now rested "this new power in the world. (3) The apostle's response (w. 4-7). Peter took a good look at the1 man (v. 4). Peter was changed by a look Alatt. 16:7). What he saw was the man's fundamental spiritual need. ( (a) Demanding the man's undivided attention; Peter gave the man what he had not not what the man wanted or " expected. i Peter's . -words, "Look on us," and Paul's "be ye followers of me" (letter; .4:16) are in no wise egotistical, but In each case the fearless appeal of a man wholly God's, men conscious of the endowment of power, trying to 'seize the wavering, wills of men that ;they "might point them to Christ j(b) Peter aroused the man's expect- ;ancy. . It Is usually men lacking in silver and gold who give to the world its greatest blessings and highest good (I Cor. 4:11)1 !- Every effective Christian worker Imust base his, appeal upon the facts for a personal experience (I. Pet 4:10, j 11). (d) Peter bade the man to do the very thing he (humanly) could not do, but the thing which, "in the name of Jesus Christ" he would be able to do. (4) The result. (1) Upon the man. There is no doubt as to the complete ness of the cure (v. 8). He- had "strength;" was "lifted up" from his 'former position of weakness; he "leaped" (literally, ecstatic joy); he "walked," continuous activity; and he "worshiped," thanksgiving and renew ing of strength. (2) Upon the people, ft (a) "All the people saw." They may not have heard or comprehended the wotds of Peter, but they did witness .the transformation, (b) "They took knowledge" (v. 10), they began to ob serve, even as the world always does, 'the one who professes his faith in Christ? (c) They were filled .with; "wonder and amazement" (v. 10), they could not understand. No more can the world of today (see I Cor. 1:18, 23) really compre hend the Christian. There was no guesswork, however, about this mir acle, and, of the people who witnessed it and were so filled with wonder and amazement many were converted (ch. 4: 4) J ' The miracle served to get for the gospel a good hearing and it accom plished its purpose (Rom. 1:16). IlPeters Appeal to the People, w. 11-26. Notice it was the man who attracted the crowd, not Peter or John, .for he eagerly held the disciples while the crowd gathered (John 5:10,' 11). This may suggest the' weakness of the 'man's faith in that he depended upon Peter and John rather than upon Je bus. (1) Peter seized this opportunity (v. 12) and began his salutation by taking advantage of their curiosity. Peter eagerly turned their thoughts from himself unto Jesus.. He wished to divert attention from himself and used the miracle for the double pur pose of glorifying Jesus Christ and to convict these men of their sin. Verses 13, 14,-15 contain the charges, whereof Peter and John were "wM nesses." They were not to look upon "us" as though they had done any thing, nor was it some new God of whom they witnessed (v. 13). The act of the crucifixion, he grants, may have been consummated in' "ignorance (y. 17), but since God had raised Jesus 'from the dead, and this doctrine of the resurrection was new, therefore they ought to repent even though their acts were in accord with proph ecy. Peter appeals to Jewish pride. Ia nek aa appeal togirhnatet When, Wh?re, Hew and .. Wli.CMrcb Mi State i?re United. By James Emerson Roberts, Pastor reople's Uhurch, Kansas Uity, Mot ''Liberty is4heone word -with out which ail other words are vain " Nothing iB . more itored than the natural Tights of men. No institution ,whioh peisistently ignores those rights can persistent lv endure. No master can te great enough or .holy enough to make slavery-sweet. The end of law and religion, the genius of civilization and progress is to mike m?n free . No people can! be great and wear a yoke. A chain, though every link weie gold, de grades. Any system of politics that makes ad' alliance with in justice, oppression and inequality will soon or late be called to an account. Any system of religicn that requires blind obedience and unreasoning faith, subserving and servitude can continue its sway only over the weak, the timid and the ignorant. Progress is aohieved by the conflict of ideas. The laws, the customs,, the institutions; of civilised mau constitute the record and contain the results of that conflict. In the mighty drama of history nothing possesses great er determining power than the idta and conception man holds of himself. Aooordiog at he views himself, according to the judg ment that he has about his rela tion to bis fellowmen, his rights a3 a rational being, his dignity or degradation,! his equality or his humiliation,-upon that idea- the destiny of mankind hinges ; As man thinketh in bis heart, so is he. Mighty or insignificant, great or small, free or slave, ruler or ruled, sovereign or subject, man or manikin, master or bondman, prince or puppet, as he thinks and wills, so is he. In the mighty acd tragic past progress has-been Ts- ts.rded or advanoed according t j those ideas men have had of their rights, position and just inberk tance in this world. Look where we will in the past, we find society divided properly into, two classes, the rulers and the ruled, the sovereigns and the subjects. The rulers nossess er- mies, wealth and power; the ruled possess their property ana even lives at the will of the matters. There came now and then great wondrous dreamers, dreamers who saw afar the golden dawn of day of human independence and equal ity, but the dreamers died for their dreams, rne rulers were mighty, the subjects were weak. The subserviency, the cringing. the terror, the fear of generations were in the traditioi.s, the blood, the very souls of men. Mankind was on its knees in tne presence of arroganoe, pomp and power Alter a while it seemed as it re ligion would form a scheme of universal emancipation. Religion preached agcinst oppressors, pio- olaimed the equality of men, the brotherhood of mankind, o n Providence over all, one orign and destiny of the human race and subjugated and despairing people beard, and a new hope be can to slow in the human heart The rulers saw this and they were alarmed. They undertook to ex terminate tho hope and; the peo ple that cherished it. They burn ed them at the stake, fed them to wild beasts, covered them with pitch and lighted the streets with them, s'anghtered them wherever found, or drove them into exile. Still their numbers increased un der prosecution. Then the rulers adopted the opposite polioy. They took religion into partnership. Th prince and prelate codspired together f a t e f u 1 conspiracy Henceforth two masters instead of one, one with chainftor the body, one with, fetters for the brain, will make subjugation of- man complete. Henceforth prince aud prelate, two vultures, will rend and teat the- liberties of man. Early ia the fourth century Constantino the Great, a murder er and assassin, bsoame Emperor of Rome and espoused the Christ ian religion. The new religion in the person of Constantino, wrapped about itself .the imperial purple: m 1 1 iL ..m .at dowa towtSexv Mdnstrbus night to dark as that when, Church ocrae tax;,wf Vdeblareonstitu andCceter began to rule the world tionol liMetJprewe together. x The dead Christ in Jo- Court ii'n Tunammoni de&sioa wh'cb soph's tomb was not to dadas swept aside eyVo was the Christ whin on his shoul- against41i.lSPiD.ion: of wis the purple and in his ' t h e scepter of impel ial ders hind Rome. . 3 J TH I a. iew years passea ana x ranoe uiuii Tr'J'if' had become the most powerful of Proposals ri :penrin t Qon Europeao states, and the one most 8ess to : UiincpmX more than abjectly deyote'to papal Rome. tljOQQasghaaleicent. Her territory extended from'the Leadefs on'alldi North Sea to tbi Mediterranean outside of thejniplliich the and inoluded France, Germany; decision today will giw such pro Belgium, The Netherlands, three posals is likely to com i definite fourths of Italy and part of Spain, movement to levpntre venues Iu 770 Charlemagne was proclaim from great private vifprtunes for ed king. This warrior prince, some of the millions hS lzovern this servant of theohuroh, reigned ment must raise to carj out the ortyfour years. His ambition was to fuse the barbarian element "The Supreme Courts decision of ancient faul with the frag has absolutely unfettered the fo ments of the eld Roman . civilisa oome tax as m souroe bievenue,n tion, and out of them to erect the said Representative Htoll of Ten- empire of France. The Po$e, Adrian I, Vicar of the Church and vice-regent of Q )d upon the earth, had begged Charlemagne to make . w . aim a Visit, leaving his army, then in a campaign in Lombardy, the king set out for Rome. Three miles from the oity he was met by the magistrates bearing the ban- ner of the city . One mile out he wasmetby the civio bodies. At the gate he was met by the pre- ites bearing the cross. The 'Tkiog dismounted, entered the city on bot, visited the different basili- eus, as was the want of faithful pilgrims, then ascended the steps of the basilica of St. Peter and was received at the top by the Pope, while all the people shouted ''Blessed be he who cometh in the name of the Lord." Oharle- magne and Pop. Adrian I iHa.V naA, n tureauavs soaessar sne enoT of the conference Gharlemazne I had confirmed a cession of terri- 15 years, and believe him perfect tory which had bem made by his lJ honorable in all businesstrans. father and bad also added other totlonB f nd ""y-W " . , " oarry out iny obligations made by important territorial rights. In cisfirm return for these favors Pope Ad- NATIONAL BANK OF C O Ji nan I bestowed upon Oharle- MERGE. Toledo O. maghe, Emperor of France, re- !igicu.i.onod.,Mio.. Th. is "to say the king gave the Pope territory and the Pope gave the king bis apostolic tenediotion and prayed for him. Whenever you . ...v. rra..r. .. benedictions for-teri tory it is a good trade whether the land is worth anything or not. In 781 Charlemagne sent his son, four yesrs old, to Rome, where the child was baptised and annointed Kicg of Italy by the Pope. In the year 800 Ohirlemagne is again in Rome, . While kneeling in prayer before the altar in St. Pe- ter's. Pooe Leo III. vicar of the Churoh and vice-regent of God on the earth, piaed pon the king's head a crown, while all the people shouted: "Long life and victory to Charles Augustus, orowned by God, the great and paoifio Emper or of the Romans. From that time forth the Pope of Rome, vi oar of the Churoh, assumed the sole right to bestow crowns, that is to make and unmake kingdoms and empires. Thus the ohurch and state were formally united. Charlemagne proslaimed himself the defender of the faith and of the Holy Church. He presided at eeolesi - aBuoai oouuoui, uo aupoiuteai bishops, he conferred upon them the exercise of civil functions, and made them public effioe: s of rank. He undertook to Strength- there. Upon that fateful Christ- the boundary line of an early land simply ask for a kidney remedy, I oufcfei young man of the Young en and extend the Empire of mas day cf 800 Charlemagne and grant by one of the Lord's pro- get Doan's Kidney Pills, the same Hartsell Mill, attempted to take France, and at the same time the empire of papal Rome. He used the same method for the acoom- plishment of both ends. That plan was war. H promulgated the gc spel of peaot with the sword. He had an army into Saxony say- ing: "The Saxons must be con verted or wiped out." He sur rounded with his army at one place 4, tOO men and slew them all. Many others he drove into exile. The remainder he bap - 1 tised aud received thanks of the I Pope, vicar oi tha Churchy for the P-atifffiml'TfrirlJ" iT.lTnTiVolf! b'.JlllLUjM'llibJLj A 0;V lS8?Wte Washington. Jan; 24 The Jn- the oonireunVeers opened the way. for idcreasiog the tax rate on great f ortunesjjor neip pay ror atSjnt'J.f.'nia!.'';'tJ"':'.?' 1 ". rmy and navy increafes . nessee, author of the.-Jsw. "Ail doubt is removed andpigress is left much freer to aotCj believe Congress will take alvantage of x. I A.- a. A. x-J oppqrsuniBy to. amouu uu law materially. Without ny unus- ual or unjust .charges it can be made TieId I18&,000,(XX) to $195,900,000 a yearas against od,UUU,UUU or W.UUU.UUU at pres- en Representative Hull is prepar- m amendments to carry the tax incomes below f 8,UUU and make gwded increases in the sur-taxes on incomes exceeding-$20,000 a yar How'f , We offer One jlnnlrid Dollars Reward for any oase. of Catarrh ht oannot.be coredby Hall's xxr ?iwr-r4a- i !iy f uo uuwa,ajB.u war w w known F. J. Chenev for the last . -Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken sMLrsjoiran tne iytlem. Testimonals sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists lake xiaire family mis tor onstipation. Ki'm at Baiii Albemarle, Jan. 24. News has reached Albemarle that about 3 o'clock Sundav mornimr Henrv Lillv. a nenro. aud former resi- dent of Albemarle, wae shot and that he died a. few minutes there- after. The man who shot him mad good his e80aP8ftnd hM not 1 nt Kaan amaiiaH H la noma m yet been arrested . uis name is unknown, exoept that two negroes who were in the room when Lilly was shot say the man's name who did the shooting was Grover and that is all they know about him : They said he had only been in Ba- din two days. Gambling was, it seems from information at hand, the cause of the trouble, and the fact that the killing was done at 3 o'olojk Sun day morning tends to establish' this fact. wonderful triumph of grace over j the heathen. win ub iuihiujo u iuhuw the devious and bloody way of the ooalition of ohurbh and state. We can only touch it here and Pope Lao III prepared and be- queathed to Franoe Europe a del- uge of blood, a rain of cataclysm of Buffering tears, a and an abyss of despair, Constipation and indigestion "1 have used- Chamberlain's Tablets and must say they are the best I have ever used for con stipation and indigestion. My wife also used tbem for indiges tion and they did her good," writes Eugene S. Knight, Wil mington, N.U. untamable every I where. qi.uujuium piMit'erttwuusiiiii i, Jan. 22. genatqr Washington, Overman, who 'speaks X for ihe Democrats of the Tenth Congres sional distriot, which is represent ed by a Republican, today an nounced that he? would ask the President to appoint Frank W. M.lUmn-kmftfltflrRt Wavnill, Mr. Overman said at the outset of this contest that he would endorse the man who received the strong, est support in letters and petitions from the bonifide patrons of the office, " The contest over the Waynes- yille effioe has been very spirited, the two leading candidates being Mr. Miller and W. L Hardin. JohnE, Sentelle, who was in the race for a time, withdrew, and Jesse D. Boone, editor of the Carolina Mountaineer, was a candidate- How to Cure Cbiidrana Colds Keep child dry, clothe comfort able, avoid exposure and give Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It is pleasant, soothing, antiseptic, raises phlegm ai d reduces inflam mation. The first dose gives re lief, continued treatment with proper care will avoid serious ill ness or a long cold. Don't delay treatment. Don't let your child suffer. Get a bottle today. In sist on Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. 25o. at druggists. F illy lie Stel Will lis Spell lis The Watchman has called at tention on various occasions to the spelling of Innes Street, whioh' for some unknown reason has for many years been erroneously spelled Inniss. and it is therefore glad 1 3 note that at the last mett ing of the city aldermen, a reso lution was passed to hereafter spell the name correctly, i e, Im.es, On this subject Dr. Rum pie's history of Rowan, page 50t: Then again we always speak o "Main Stieet," forgetful, or ig F. W. UHler for norant of the fact that the old I clared for the burial of the dead, yield a total production of 60, Deeds alwaya speak of it as Cor- ln northwesfc Evnt the British Lnn nna wH.i.Ai.' t - t .k. bin Street. It was named after Fraucis Oorbin, Granville's attoN ney. It is ot surprising, per- haps, that the older citizens should dislike to call the street I ItlStSniKS The miliUrT ,ervioe biU hM 000,000 bushels, extorted illegal and exoibiant fees mmA it- i u . . from the people, and who was ts third reading m the Another gratifying faot in con once mobbed at Edenton for his Bri1Bn House of Commons by a nection with the past year's work extortion . Our modern Town authorities have also taken the liberty of altering the spelling of James Innes s name, and we now see every day staring down upon the passer-by, "Inniss Street." The signature of James Innes may now be seen in the Register's of fice to hundreds of Deeds, and it i invariably written "lnnes." A8"n, on page ott wt nna wis: ?m.6a Innes Jwa9 oii of wag alg0oiated with Oorbin in the Salisbury land office, and one of I (ha nrinAino.1 afcPOACB BOB nimofl the principal streets waB named after him. But even more promi nent among our people were two brothers, who came to this county along with Francis Corbm from Halifax of Edenton. It might also be mentioned that some think Council Street is im properly spelled. It obtaining its name from the faot that on it was and is congregated the offioes of the lawyers our counselors of the city, which, if oorreot, should be spelled Counsel Street, not Coun cil. History, like many other things, follows the path of least resistance and is likely to- go Wrong as often as right unless some faithful one who knows is at the helm. Another item. Grant Creek got his name because it was made prietors of North Carolina, hence to speak of it as Grant's Creek is incorrect, yet Rumples history while giviog the origin of the name, persistently speaks of it as Grant's Creek. uvea up iow iocpiu uiver Tj keep your liver active use Dr. King's New Life Pills They insure good digeetion, relieves con- stipation, and tone up the whole system keep your eye clear and vonr akin fresh and healthv look. insu Onlv 25a. at your druggist AiiifiaisTale Claip Albania m Actlflty if Eflgllsti in Uesopotiinii Him- pered bj Bid Weather. ' Jan. 24. In the progress south- ward on the Albanian border, the Austrians have taken Albania's Pncipal trade city Scutari m. addlfcln hVrS ?T?,e. fodgontxa, Dailoxrad and Niksic f Montenegro. The Serbians fo;m,n8j the garnson at Scutari, 'fated southward without re- sistance. sistance. The Austrian offioisl communi 7". conimun.- cation reports VJ08 dWf heir . H . Biio ppuiaiwiiB mtu towns occupied are receiving the invaders iu a friendly manner. various localities. Germans again have passed over Dover in an aero- plane whioh was engaged by all le anii airofart guns ana pursued ) y British airmen. Whether 1 omba wera dropped is not stated a the official announcement. This vas the third venture of the kiLd a two days, in the other visits oombs having been dropped on ihe docks,, barracks and station it Dover and on the aviation sheds a s Hougam, near Dover, ao oordiog to Berlin. Gievegli, Monastir and other points hsld by the Teutonic Allies cear the Greek border, were vU- ited by a large French air squad ron and violently bombarded, while German positions in Bel gium also were visited by the En tente Allies. The British through the explc- Blon oi a mine near ist- JJiiois, in the Anas tegion, did considerable damage to German trenches and silenced German trench mortars by artillery fire near Ypres. Floods and generally bad weath- er are Hampering the operations j of the British f gainst the Turkt in Mesopotamia. The high water WHgrjarentjkrcop moveinlBniBurxagtbe-iu the fighting an armistice Was de-1 . 7- i " V"Z u uwu iuBHMiim m u on a camp of the fcSenusai i tribes-Uhe men, tne tribesmen being dispers ed and their camo destroyed. vote of 35d to so. it has been sent to the Mouse of Lords, whioh chamber is expected to pass the measure quickly. The amend ments to the original bill as adopt ed are said to have gone far to ward conciliating those who pre viously eppesed it. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL Health IS Wortb SlT'D2:, and SoaaSlliS- hflN PeODle KlOV bOf tO SSVS it. I Mn flali.hn naonla I ' r"wrv " in; i iva in thai hn4. h no;. luting the kidneys when they North: Carolina is a good corn know these organs need help. State. Weak kidnejs are responsible for The oorn club boys of North a vast amount of sufferiog and Carolina represent one element of ill health, the slightest delay is h8 students of the A. and M, col dangerous. Use Doan's Kidney le8e- For a week l-rammer, Pills, a remedy that has helped n9 boyB were swta of Raleigh thousands of kidney sufferers ftnd fcne A nd college, snd Here is a Salisbury citizen's re- hftd an enjyble "d profitable commendation. meeting. Three hundred were Mrs . M. 8. Brown, 580 N. Main present at the meeting, and at St., Salisbury, Bays: "I had kid- tended daises as do the regular ney ana niaaaer srounie xor sev- eral years aud was in a very bad way. Sines taking Doan'i Kidney Pills,- procured at Plummer'e Drug Store, I have had very little trouble, As soon as I notice any kidney disorder, 1 take Dean's Kidney Pills and they bring me satisfactory results." . Prioe 60o, at all dealers. Don't that Mrs. Brown had. Foster- Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N.Y. Veterans Meet In May. . New Orleam, Jan.' 20 The twenty-sixth annual reunion of United Confederate Veterans wil be held in Birmingham, Ala., on May 16, 17 and 18. Offioial an nouncement of the dates and : ha neid in iiirminenam. Ala.. May ld, 17 and 18. Offioial an- Mr. Honeycutt, it is understood, houncement of the dates and been despondent for some places was made here today by time, but there has been nothing William E. Michie, ad ju dent gen- in his manner to indicate that oral of the veterans' organisation, be contemplated suicide. He is - about 80 years of age and ia mar 1 ReaATmWAiQHMAJi and Rxaosi Ufni Hall CoirCliaiiiioB - rrl Produces 142 Bsshels ea as Acre at a Cost of $15 93. J. C. Rose in Raleigh Observer, Ledford Hall, age thirteen and a native of Rowan conn tv. is North Carolina's champion corn grower accord"8 JJ.tBrowne, in charge of the Boy's ,Oom Club work in North Carolina, who , has just made his report to the Unitef States Department of Agriculture at Washington. Youog H.llt who is a brother pion, is a fiaxen-haired. sunnj- -w j , m uu.ui- taoed boy, and takes the year's honors with a production of 142 bushels of corn, which wa n on an acre of his father's farm. fl7e miiei from Salisbury. To produce the aore cost $15.08, of which $2,41 was spent for ferti The net profit of the acre ai9K aa Thi. Liu u... . w zwa . Auasa aaa nun uesta rnm rd ever established by a North Carolina Corn Club boy. The crop was started early in pring, and looked good from the time 4 1 was planted until it was iai vested. The crop was a fast rower and required very little cultivation on account of the un unally good Adaption of the acre to corn raising. Hall did all the ork on the acre, except some of the deep plowing whioh was done before the seed was put in. ,, This has bsen a good year for the corn olub boys of the State as well aB for the adult farmers. Seasons hav been rather favor ible, although there was a little too jnuoh rain in the early part of last summer. Mr. Browne says that the total yield of the boys reporting was 70,040 4 bush els, which was raised at an aver age oost of 48.4c per bushel. The avers ee yield per aore was 58.5 bushels, at a total cost of $80, 458 74. Acoordine;Jo the latest statis- ticei there ' are "abodt 8.00O1XKXI aotes in corn each year, "which . . . ; Wi . - .7 adults would grow the crop witn same zeal and get the same average results that the vounser I oat rlno. tha vialH urnnM ha IAD js the oeroentase of bovs enrolled who have filed reports with the West Raleigh office. When the records were compiled for the 1914 report, it was found that only 21.8 per oent had reported, but for the 1915 crop 87.3 per cent had made reports. Fifty boys of the clubs made 100 bushels and more last year, and an interesting faot is that the hrood yields were not confined to ai v one locality. In every county having members, there came a good report which shows that I . . . S!mdentB whioh werheld bv dif. fer. nt members of the agricultural faculty, Next summer a similar meeting will b) held at West Ra leigh. Concord Mai Attempts Saiclde Concord, Janv24. Zab Honey- his own life this morning about 2 o'clock by shooting himself twice with a .22-cahbre pistol. One bullet took effect in the back of his head and one in his nsok. His condition today is critioal, al though his physician states that on lUB -wtojt. lried